CONTENTS
Introduction
The South Atlantic Bight
Methods
Octocoral Morphology
Glossary
Gorgonacean
Bauplan
see this for keys
Notes on the Species
Carijoa
riisei
Scleranthelia
rugosa
Telesto fruticulosa
Telesto nelleae
Telesto sanguinea
Bellonella rubistella
Pseudodrifa nigra
Nidalia occidentalis
Iciligorgia schrammi
Diodogorgia
nodulifera
Titanideum
frauenfeldii
Muricea pendula
Thesea nivea
Bebryce cinerea
Bebryce parastellata
Scleracis guadalupensis
Paramuricea sp.
Leptogorgia hebes
Leptogorgia punicea
Leptogorgia
cardinalis
Leptogorgia virgulata
Leptogorgia setacea
Leptogorgia euryale
Viminella
barbadensis
Renilla reniformis
Sclerobelemnon
theseus
Stylatula elegans
Virgularia presbytes
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Guide
to the Shallow Water (0-200 m) Octocorals of the South Atlantic
Bight.
S. T. DeVictor & S. L. Morton, 2007 List of the 28 Species of Octocorallia Found in the South Atlantic Bight to 200 m (classification from Bayer, 1981) Subclass Alcyonaria (=Octocorallia) |
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Order Alcyonacea
(=Gorgonacea) |
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| Suborder Stolonifera | |
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Scleranthelia rugosa (Pourtalès, 1867 |
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Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) |
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Telesto fruticulosa Dana, 1846 |
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Telesto nelleae Bayer, 1961 |
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Telesto sanguinea Deichmann, 1936 |
| Suborder Alcyoniina | |
| Family Alcyoniidae |
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| Bellonella rubistella (Deichmann, 1936) | |
| Family Nephtheidae |
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| Pseudodrifa nigra (Pourtalès, 1868) | |
| Family Nidaliidae |
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| Nidalia occidentalis Gray, 1835 | |
| Suborder Scleraxonia | |
| Family Anthothelidae |
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| Diodogorgia nodulifera (Hargitt and Rogers, 1901) | |
| Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870 | |
| Titanideum frauenfeldii (Kölliker, 1865) | |
| Suborder Holaxonia | |
| Family Plexauridae |
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| Bebryce cinerea Deichmann, 1936 | |
| Bebryce parastellata Deichmann, 1936 | |
| Muricea pendula Verrill, 1864 | |
| Paramuricea sp. | |
| Scleracis guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) | |
| Thesea nivea Deichmann 1936 | |
| Family Gorgoniidae | |
| Leptogorgia cardinalis (Bayer, 1961) | |
| Leptogorgia euryale (Bayer, 1952) | |
| Leptogorgia hebes (Verrill, 1869) | |
| Leptogorgia punicea (Milne Edwards & Haime 1857) | |
| Leptogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1776) | |
| Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck, 1815) | |
| Family Ellisellidae | |
| Viminella barbadensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) | |
Order Pennatulacea |
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| Suborder Sessiliflorae | |
| Family Renillidae | |
| Renilla reniformis (Pallas,1766) | |
| Family Kophobelemnidae | |
| Sclerobelemnon theseus Bayer, 1959 | |
| Suborder Subselliflorae | |
| Family Virgulariidae | |
| Stylatula elegans (Danielssen, 1860) | |
| Virgularia presbytes Bayer, 1955 | |
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